Medical compound



UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS W. FLEMING, OF S'IEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

MEDICAL COMPOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,759, dated August17, 1886.

Application filed April .33, 1885. Serial No. 168,229. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SILAS W. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Oomposition, Compound, or Medicine to beused for Diseases of the Lungs, of which the following is aspecification.

It consists of the following ingredients in the proportions stated: twopounds spikenardroot, (Aralia racemosca) two pounds rattleweed root,(Oimicifugd racemosca) two pounds elecampane-root, (Inula hclenimm)one-hal f pound ginseng-root, (A alia quinqmlfolita) one ouncesnake-root, (A1'istolohiaseipcntm'ia, )onepou n d sweetanise root,(Osmorrhiza longistylia) one pound spice-bush root, (Lind/em bmzoz'm)one pound yellow-parilla root, (illenispermmn Came dense) two poundscatnip-tops, (Ncpeta cata- 1'ia,) two pounds hoarhound-tops,(lllarrubz'um mtlgara) two pounds mandrake-root, (lodo pliyllmnpeltatmm) two pounds liverwort-tops, (Hepatica triloba,) two poundswild-cherry bark, (Prunus Virginiana,) two pounds yellowpoplar bark,(Lim'odendron tulipifewa) one pound white-oak bark, (Qucrcus aZba,) twopounds dogwood bark, (COWZUSQflOTidfQ) one pound slippery-elm bark,(Ulmusfuloa,) two pounds boneset-tops, (Eupctori'mn peifol iatmm) twopounds Spearmint-tops, (.Mentha oi'riclia) and two pounds balm-of-gileadtops,-(PopuZu-s candicans.) To be boiled in eight (8) gallons of wateruntil it is reduced to one-half (Ll) gallon and strained. I mix three(3) ounces of alcohol to every pint of the half-gallon, to pre segge it.

It is to be taken internally in the doses and at the times prescribed inthe following: For coughs, colds, and all lung diseases-for adults, atable-spoonful five or six times per day; for children two years old andunder,a tea-spoonful three times per day; for children over two yearsold, atable-spoonfu] three times per day. The above doses to begivenoftener in any case if cough or cold is very troublesome, unless thebowels are sooner moved.

It is particularly useful in lung diseases, being a preventive,if takenin time, and a great relief, if not an entire cure, even in someaggravated diseases of the lungs, and is also useful in liver diseases.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

The herein-described composition or mixture of ingredients to form amedicine for diseases of the liver and lungs, consisting of thefollowing ingredients: spikenardroot, rattleweed root, elecampane root,ginseng root, snake-root, sweetanise root, spice bush root, yellowparilla, catnip-tops, lioarhound-tops, mandrake root, liverwort tops,wild-cherry bark, yellow-poplar bark, white-oak bark, dogwood-bark,slippery-elm bark, bouesete tops, Spearmint-tops, and balm-of-gileadtops, in the proportions specified.

SILAS \V. FLEMING.

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